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“Are you alone?” Zoe whispered when Nikita answered her phone.
“With Drake, but not Luke. Are you okay?”
“Definitely not.” Zoe hadn’t been this not okay in a long time. She’d just destroyed every fond memory her father had held about his best friend. Mom had been right about one thing at least: Brian DeMille might be a good man, but he was not a strong one.
He was a man with simple needs. He’d loved three things in his life: his wife, his daughter, and his auto business with his best friend. It had been all he’d ever needed. He’d survived Bob’s death only because he still had the two of them and the business he loved.
And Luke’s accusation had forced her to utterly destroyed all of those happy memories.
Zoe had never been so strong as the moment she managed not to destroy the thir
